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57.7 million Unlinked passenger trips Rows with a mode, 2025 57,706,387 Rank 21 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.
94.8 million Vehicle revenue miles Rows with a mode, 2025 94,842,749
104 Reporting records Registered in North Carolina, 2025 Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode. About these figures
Unlinked passenger trips 57,706,387 Rank 21 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.
Vehicle revenue miles 94,842,749
Reporting records Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode. Rows the publisher gives no mode carry 10,769 further trips for these agencies. They are in no mode, in no rank and not in the total above.
Agencies in North Carolina, by trips 3 more columns on a wider screen
Transit agencies registered in North Carolina by unlinked passenger trips, 2025, most first Rank Agency City Reporter type Unlinked passenger trips Vehicle revenue miles 1 City of Charlotte North Carolina Charlotte Full Reporter 16,601,166 13,565,597 2 City of Raleigh Raleigh Full Reporter 7,909,967 9,081,384 3 City of Durham Durham Full Reporter 6,889,506 4,358,364 4 Town of Chapel Hill Chapel Hill Full Reporter 4,178,307 2,055,845 5 North Carolina State University Raleigh Full Reporter 3,036,269 572,643 6 City of Greensboro Greensboro Full Reporter 2,432,414 4,134,118 7 City of Winston Salem Winston Salem Full Reporter 1,725,478 2,985,282 8 Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority Durham Full Reporter 1,529,756 3,558,484 9 AppalCart Boone Rural Reporter 1,419,552 872,694 10 City of Asheville Asheville Full Reporter 1,416,025 1,181,781 11 City of Fayetteville Fayetteville Full Reporter 1,325,281 1,463,829 12 North Carolina Department of Transportation -- Ferry Division Raleigh Rural Reporter 1,299,580 270,194 13 Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority Wilmington Full Reporter 687,288 1,415,400 14 City of High Point High Point Reduced Reporter 512,462 426,656 15 City of Concord Concord Reduced Reporter 420,301 856,129 16 Town of Cary Cary Reduced Reporter 404,558 993,282 17 Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation Greensboro Full Reporter 381,869 2,887,703 18 City of Greenville Greenville Reduced Reporter 352,195 388,048 19 City of Rocky Mount Rocky Mount Reduced Reporter 327,013 1,554,888 20 Mecklenburg County Charlotte Full Reporter 274,734 4,163,024 21 City of Wilson, NC Wilson Rural Reporter 238,023 900,476 22 Goldsboro-Wayne Transportation Authority Goldsboro Reduced Reporter 212,366 871,329 23 Davidson County Lexington Reduced Reporter 185,440 539,776 24 City of Gastonia Gastonia Reduced Reporter 173,692 800,280 25 Wake County Raleigh Full Reporter 138,308 1,425,530 26 City Of Burlington Burlington Reduced Reporter 135,372 376,463 27 Western Piedmont Regional Transit Authority Newton Full Reporter 134,373 855,934 28 The County of Iredell Statesville Reduced Reporter 132,162 805,072 29 Kerr Area Transportation Authority Henderson Rural Reporter 122,053 1,500,051 30 Community and Senior Services of Johnston County Inc. Smithfield Reduced Reporter 120,903 1,097,260 31 City of Salisbury Salisbury Reduced Reporter 113,018 178,345 32 Buncombe County Asheville Full Reporter 112,687 889,374 33 Wilkes Transportation Authority Wilkesboro Rural Reporter 96,947 1,107,578 34 Yadkin Valley Economic Development District, Inc. Boonville Rural Reporter 90,246 1,106,599 35 City of Jacksonville Jacksonville Reduced Reporter 86,951 412,119 36 Union County Monroe Reduced Reporter 80,047 733,555 37 Albemarle Regional Health Services Elizabeth City Rural Reporter 77,487 678,498 38 Henderson County Hendersonville Reduced Reporter 73,836 190,273 39 Lenoir County Kinston Rural Reporter 68,122 704,432 40 Cabarrus County Concord Reduced Reporter 67,652 482,985 41 Carteret County Beaufort Rural Reporter 62,874 498,016 42 Ashe County Transportation Authority Inc West Jefferson Rural Reporter 61,469 654,554 43 Lee County Sanford Rural Reporter 61,336 465,471 44 Alamance County Transportation Authority Burlington Reduced Reporter 60,068 638,723 45 Craven County New Bern Rural Reporter 60,003 449,650 46 Rutherford County Rutherfordton Rural Reporter 59,550 490,565 47 Rockingham County Council on Aging Reidsville Rural Reporter 59,466 619,282 48 Chatham Transit Network Pittsboro Rural Reporter 57,594 845,585 49 Person County Roxboro Rural Reporter 54,388 385,226 50 Onslow United Transit System Jacksonville Reduced Reporter 54,229 562,982 51 Pitt County Greenville Reduced Reporter 51,976 594,165 52 Hoke County Raeford Reduced Reporter 51,172 424,284 53 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Cherokee Reduced Reporter 49,921 429,446 54 Duplin County Kenansville Rural Reporter 48,580 600,557 55 Wilson County Wilson Rural Reporter 48,250 356,820 56 Moore County Carthage Reduced Reporter 46,427 468,182 57 Randolph County Senior Adult Association Inc. Asheboro Rural Reporter 45,895 468,904 58 Transp. Administration of Cleveland County. Inc Shelby Rural Reporter 45,430 515,136 59 Beaufort County Developmental Center, Inc. Washington Rural Reporter 45,413 643,152 60 Sampson County Clinton Rural Reporter 45,017 615,905 61 Robeson County Lumberton Rural Reporter 43,312 399,734 62 Richmond Interagency Transportation Inc. Hamlet Rural Reporter 41,298 434,419 63 Lincoln County Lincolnton Rural Reporter 39,951 530,548 64 Macon County Franklin Rural Reporter 39,354 414,993 65 Stanly County Albemarle Rural Reporter 35,689 223,584 66 Choanoke Public Transportation Authority Rich Square Rural Reporter 34,920 400,131 67 Gaston County Gastonia Reduced Reporter 34,833 363,207 68 County of Hyde Swanquarter Rural Reporter 34,684 17,147 69 Harnett County Lillington Rural Reporter 34,673 591,768 70 Rowan County Salisbury Reduced Reporter 33,693 381,674 71 Guilford County Greensboro Reduced Reporter 32,585 395,289 72 Madison County Transportation Authority Marshall Rural Reporter 31,158 486,633 73 Mountain Projects, Inc. Waynesville Rural Reporter 30,763 315,237 74 Brunswick Transit System Inc. Shallotte Rural Reporter 30,390 374,682 75 Orange County Hillsborough Reduced Reporter 28,788 305,704 76 Mitchell County Transportation Authority Bakersville Rural Reporter 28,626 332,521 77 Columbus County Whiteville Rural Reporter 25,333 349,250 78 McDowell Transit Marion Rural Reporter 24,418 252,118 79 Transylvania County Brevard Rural Reporter 23,146 163,279 80 Town of Morrisville Morrisville Reduced Reporter 22,916 93,574 81 Anson County Wadesboro Rural Reporter 22,853 277,395 82 Cherokee County Murphy Rural Reporter 22,827 167,719 83 Cumberland County Fayetteville Reduced Reporter 22,567 216,932 84 Avery County Transportation Authority Newland Rural Reporter 22,168 338,821 85 Jackson County Sylva Rural Reporter 22,137 198,202 86 Pender Adult Services, Inc. Burgaw Rural Reporter 21,613 382,747 87 Polk County Transportation Authority Columbus Rural Reporter 20,742 207,653 88 Scotland County Laurinburg Rural Reporter 20,433 147,506 89 Martin County Williamston Rural Reporter 20,050 247,599 90 Greene County Snow Hill Rural Reporter 19,832 186,305 91 Western Carolina Community Action Hendersonville Rural Reporter 19,409 155,963 92 Bladen County Elizabethtown Rural Reporter 17,079 139,522 93 Hyde County Private Non-Profit Transp. Corp. Inc. Swanquarter Rural Reporter 17,027 131,393 94 Gates County Gatesville Rural Reporter 16,817 270,322 95 Caswell County Yanceyville Rural Reporter 16,688 369,274 96 Town of Apex Apex Reduced Reporter 14,916 74,666 97 Alleghany County Sparta Rural Reporter 14,631 264,599 98 Graham County Robbinsville Rural Reporter 14,617 234,649 99 Clay County Hayesville Rural Reporter 13,372 238,374 100 Yancey County Transportation Authority Burnsville Rural Reporter 13,077 121,246 101 Swain County Focal Point on Aging Inc Bryson City Rural Reporter 12,126 169,029 102 Dare County Manteo Rural Reporter 10,823 227,163 103 Washington County Plymouth Rural Reporter 7,589 82,299 Trolley's Inc Charlotte Rural Reporter No row with a mode Not reported
103 of 104 records are ranked. A record is ranked only when every one of its rows with a mode reports trips.
Modes in North Carolina 2 more columns on a wider screen
Annual unlinked passenger trips and vehicle revenue miles in North Carolina by mode, 2025 Mode Agencies Unlinked passenger trips Vehicle revenue miles Bus 45 43,447,916 35,832,692 Light rail 1 6,225,751 1,623,104 Demand response 97 5,267,979 52,498,631 Ferryboat 1 1,299,580 270,194 Streetcar rail 1 725,103 125,292 Commuter bus 2 522,151 1,911,137 Vanpool 3 217,907 2,581,699
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Data retrieved November 5, 2026